Mt. Rainier Flora --
Poa cusickii -- (Cusick's Bluegrass)
Most common at high elevation, here this grass grows at about 4,500 feet near the parking lot on gravelly soil.
Author: Susan McDougall
Nisqually Overlook, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7777, -121.7617, 4471
Date: August 8, 2015
The leaves are inrolled and narrow. Here the grass grows near the Palisades Lake trailhead.
Author: Susan McDougall
Sunrise Point, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.9181, -121.5870
Date: July 24, 2015
There are three-to-five florets in each spikelet. Here they are shown ripening. This is subspecies epilis.
Author: Susan McDougall
Sunrise Point, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7777, -121.7617, 4471
Date: July 24, 2015
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